About the opportunity:<br><br>The purpose of the Leader VET Pathways and Industry Partnerships is to provide strategic and operational leadership in the management of vocational education programs, enhancing vocational pathways for school students, ensuring that the Catholic Schools Office and schools meets its accountabilities as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and developing opportunities for students to gain the skills they need to transition to further study and/or work and life success,<br><br>The Catholic Schools Office (CSO) is responsible for the leadership, operation and management of systemic schools which educate more than 20,000 students in 45 primary schools, 11 secondary schools, one K–12 school, one flexible learning centre and one special school in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.<br>The position of CSO Leader VET Education and Industry Partnerships from a system level.<br><br><a href="https://diocesemn.azurewebsites.net/media/5987/position_description_-_cso_-_leader_vet_and_industry_partnerships.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" target="_blank"><br><br><head3><b>POSITION DESCRIPTION</b></head3> </span></b></span></span></a><br><br> <br><br>The purpose of the Leader VET Pathways and Industry Partnerships is to provide strategic and operational leadership in the management of vocational education programs, enhancing vocational pathways for school students, ensuring that the Catholic Schools Office and schools meets its accountabilities as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and developing opportunities for students to gain the skills they need to transition to further study and/or work and life success.